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Diary, 2009/10/15

Two weeks shy of my birthday and I’m still looking for a job. I don’t know why. I never really fit in at these corporate soul-sucking places. Oh that’s right, I need to pay the mortgage, daycare, grocery bill, utilities, car payment and its insurance. And don’t forget the exorbitant health care premiums. You ever tried buying health insurance when your employer didn’t get you a HUGE discount? It’s ridiculously expensive.

It just occurred to me: Maybe the corporations actually sorta LIKE having healthcare costs being out of control because then they can lure prospective employees away from smaller companies by promising healthcare cheaper than the smaller companies can offer it, thanks to their volume discount.

Can you believe Obama wants to FORCE people to buy health insurance? What if you can’t afford it? They’re going to force you, anyway? Isn’t that pretty much the epitome of fascism? And people thought he was a socialist! Actually, he belongs to some sort of new “ism” yet to be named. Or maybe it HAS been named: “commulism” like what China has evolved into. Maybe he’s just copying them?

I’m not one of these right-wing-nut email-forwarding rabid anti-Obama people, but I’m definitely incredibly disappointed in him. He’s just such a corporate whore. Too bad he doesn’t use his charm and intelligence for good instead of evil. But then, anyone who wants to be president pretty much HAS to be a megalomaniac.

Well, that turned into a rant, didn’t it?

On another subject, I’m still getting used to this netbook. It’s an Acer, and it’s so small and my hands are so big! I didn’t realize netbooks were this small. I knew they were smaller, but not THIS small. hope I CAN get used to it. It was only $290, and then I got a mysterious $10 rebate. You’re probably wondering why I’m spending that kind of money after losing my job, but I HAD to have a laptop or netbook in order to continue writing. I’d been borrowing an old unused laptop from work, so I had to replace that.